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Center•#72Tage Thompson is a 28-year-old center for the Buffalo Sabres. Selected 26th overall by STL in the 2016 NHL Draft. Born in Phoenix, USA.
Tage is having an elite 2025-26 campaign with 45 goals and 51 assists for 96 points through 94 games, ranking 18th in the NHL. He averages 1.02 points per game on 19:20 of ice time.
#11 NHL
#18 NHL
2026-27 projection
Projected September 5, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 42–91 pts
2025-26
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League Percentiles
Among all NHL skaters this season.
Percentile rank among all NHL skaters with 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Tage was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 81 games, 1,697 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
58.8 vs 54.8 lg
82th percentile
Quality of teammates
68.3 vs 53.2 lg
92th percentile
Deployment
tough-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Tage takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
413
Goals vs expected
39 vs 30.9 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
22%
With-or-without-you
Who Tage plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex TuchR | 584 min | 52.2 | 50.2 | +2.0 |
| Rasmus DahlinD | 501 min | 52.1 | 50.5 | +1.6 |
| Peyton KrebsC | 495 min | 52.4 | 50.3 | +2.1 |
| Mattias SamuelssonD | 468 min | 51.8 | 50.8 | +1.0 |
| Bowen ByramD | 426 min | 49.9 | 52.0 | -2.1 |
| Owen PowerD | 417 min | 52.5 | 50.4 | +2.1 |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Tage, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
Form
Performance in the last five games played.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18 | vs MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 21:56 |
| May 16 | @ MTL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 18:14 |
| May 14 | vs MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:05 |
| May 12 | @ MTL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:14 |
| May 10 | @ MTL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 21:06 |
2025-26
Skill profile, on-ice impact metrics, and season projections.
Percentile rankings vs. NHL Forwards
89
Offense
49
Defense
69
Overall
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions vs. all NHL forwards. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
40-pt spreadThe 40-point spread between offensive (89th) and defensive (49th) percentiles is extreme for a center. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
40-pt spreadThe 40-point spread between offensive (89th) and defensive (49th) percentiles is extreme for a center. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Tage Thompson's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | BUF | 81 | 40 | 41 | 81 | -6 | 272 | 14.7% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | BUF | 76 | 44 | 28 | 72 | -2 | 242 | 18.2% | |||
| 23-242023-24 | BUF | 71 | 29 | 27 | 56 | -1 | 246 | 11.8% |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Buffalo Sabres this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts — where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy — zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
End of season statistical forecast
0
games remaining
Goals
45
Current: 45
Assists
51
Current: 51
Points
96
Current: 96
Strong production expected. Most likely outcome is 96-104 points, establishing this player as a top-line contributor.
0.3%
Art Ross
Most Points
1.4%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
| 22-232022-23 | BUF | 78 | 47 | 47 | 94 | +4 | 295 | 15.9% |
| 21-222021-22 | BUF | 78 | 38 | 30 | 68 | -17 | 253 | 15.0% |
| 20-212020-21 | BUF | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 96 | 8.3% |
| 19-202019-20 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18-192018-19 | BUF | 65 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -22 | 108 | 6.5% |
| 17-182017-18 | STL | 41 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 55 | 5.5% |
| Career | — | 529 | 216 | 190 | 406 | -62 | 1567 | 13.8% |
